Check-row-wire anchor



(No Model.)

J. B. LASURE. CHECK ROW WIRE ANCHOR.

Patented Dec. 5, 1893.

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JOHN B. LASURE, OF LEBO, KANSAS.

CHECK-ROW-WIRE ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 509,913, dated December 5, 1893.

Application filed June 22, 1898. Serial No- 4'78.543. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it, known that I, JOHN B. LASURE, of Lebo, Coffey county, Kansas, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Adustable Check-Row-V\ ire Anchors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompany ng drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention is designed for use as an anchor for check-rower wires; and relates to that class where a swinging frame or arm is employed to automatically carry the wire to a position in line with the approaching planter and my object is to produce a device of this character which is simple, strong, durable and inexpensive of construction, and easily moved from one position to another.

To the above purposes, my invention con slsts in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1, represents a perspective view of a check-rower wire anchor constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2, represents a diagrammatic view to illustrate the operation of my invention when in actual service.

I will first describe the construction of the anchor and will then proceed to explain its use.

In the said drawings, 1 designates abar of wood or metal if desired, which is preferably about two feet long. Projecting from the upper side of said bar and arranged longitudinally and centrally thereof are the loops 2 and 3, and formed vertically through said bar preferably near each end are holes or apertures 4. An approximately V-shaped frame 1s formed of the bar 5 and the bar 6; the bar 6 belng secured a suitable distance from the outer end of the bar 5 by plates 7 or in any other suitable manner, and secured to the lower or inner end of the bars 5 and 6 are the cllps or loops 8 and 9 which pivotally engage the loops 3 and 2 respectively. The outer end of the bar 5 has secured thereto by bolts or other suitable means and projecting forwardly therefrom the clip-plates 10, and secured to said plates or formed integral thereexplained, is adapted to be secured in this bifurcated arm or extension 11, and when a strain or tension comes upon said wire as also hereinafter referred to, the frame composed of the bars 5 and 6 and which I shall hereinafter designate as the wing-frame is caused to move pivotally from one side to the other.

In the operation of planting, I use two auchors designated respectively A and B constructed in accordance with my invention. The anchor A is placed at the starting end of the field between the first two rows to be planted, in such manner that the outer end of the wing-frame shall lie upon the end of first row, and the otherB is placed at the opposite end of the field so that the outer end of its wing-frame shall also lie upon the first row; check-rower wire 0 is then connected at its opposite ends to the bifurcated arms 11 at the outer ends of said wing-frames. The planter D being operatively connected up through the wire 0 in the usual manner is then started from the wing-frame A along the first row and toward the wing-frame B, dropping the corn during its passage in the usual manner. The planter reaches the end of the row. The anchor Bis now transferred and anchored or secured so that it shall lie between the second and third row; the outer end of the wing-frame resting at or upon the end of the second row. The planter D is again connected up to the wire and started along the second row and toward the opposite end of the wire, and when it approaches to within say, fifty feet, possibly more or less, the tension or strain upon the wire will cause the wing-frame of the anchor A having its outer end resting upon the first row, to swing or pivotally move about one hundred and eighty degrees so that its outer end shall rest upon the second row and in alignment with the approaching planter and the outer end of the wing-frame of the anchor B. The anchor A is now transferred and anchored or secured between the third and fourth rows and arranged so that the outer end of its wing-frame shall lie at or upon the third row. The planter is now connected up and moved toward the opposite end of the third row, and when it reaches, say within fifty feet, more or less, of the anchor B, will-cause the wingframe thereof having'its outerend on the second row, tofswing about one hundred and eighty degrees so that its outer end shall lie upon the third row and in alignment with the approaching planter and with the outer end of the wing-frame of the anchor A. This operation is repeated until all the rows have been planted.

It will be observed from referring to Fig. 2 that the dotted lines a, designate the wire stretching from the outer end of one wing frame to the outer end of the other and extending diagonally across the spaces between every alternate pair of rows. The unbroken or continuous lines 0 designate the wires when the planter is operatively connected thereto and moving from one anchor toward the other. The heavy bent or oblique portion of the first wire 0 shows the position of said wire before the tension is sufficient to throw the wing-frame to the position shown in dotted lines 0. The bent oblique portion of the second wire, or rather the first wire when in itssecond position is shown in dotted lines at dto avoid the appearance .of said portion dbeing a continuation of the wire 0 in its first position. The wire 0 when in its third position or over the third row also has its bent or oblique portion rd, shown in dotted lines for the reason above explained. The corn-planterD of which only oneis employed, is shown in three positions and as traveling in the direction indicated by the arrows to more clearly illustrate the operation.

From the above description, it Will be seen that I have produced an anchor for check rower wires which is simple, strong, durable and inexpensive of construction.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An anchor for check-row Wires, comprising a bar or portion 1, adapted to be secured to the ground, and provided with loops 2 and 3, in combination with an approximately V'- shaped frame, consisting of a pair of bars 5 and 6,.secured together, said bars being pivotally connected also to the loops 2 and 3, and a hook or bifurcated extension carried by the freeor outer end of-said frame,.substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. LASURE.

Witnesses:

MAUD FITZP-ATRICK, M. P. SMITH. 

